This pic says it all...

[Rayna']

This is my cousin (Joanne) & her fiance' (Ace). We were at the airport waiting for Ace to be deployed to Iraq.

 

[Peanuts]

I have seen this image of yours before and it truly is very touching.

 

[Rayna']

thanks!

 

[hammerette]

Very touching indeed. It's one I just wanna keep looking at. So much in it.

 

[Big Mike]

it truly is very touching

I agree, thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[Tangerini]

Very touching indeed. It's one I just wanna keep looking at. So much in it.

Yes definitely, it's very nice and very touching.

 

[PNA]

From a photographic point, it's an excellent portrayal of emotions......

Reality, why????!!!!

 

[Rayna']

Most things in photography can be done several different ways, and one should always strive to improve and gain more knowledge, but if you don't have the moment, you have nothing. ~ Julie Edwards

 

[Oldfireguy]

Job well done! You caught the moment.

 

[Antarctican]

What an incredibly moving photograph. It's truly worth a thousand words.

 

[Rayna']

thanks everyone! That was a really hard day for them & I took as many candids as I could.

 

[Alison]

Beautifully captured.

 

[fotophia]

wow! So much emotion and so well captured.

 

[neea]

Wow.
My eyes instantly teared up (not alot of pictures can do... even though I am an emotional wreck most of the time).
I can truly feel the pain she must be feeling. I know what it's like to fear losing someone.

You should enter this picture into a contest or something (if that's your thing. being family you may want to keep it private).

For me this defines the word 'photojournalism'.

Awesome Job!!!!
Very well done.

 

[bnz506]

Excellent. Brings back a lot of memories from when I deployed to Iraq the sad part was unlike other units we were the first to deploy from Korea so no family members.